BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified the woman killed after being stabbed on College Avenue as 30-year-old Yolanda Rojo of Bakersfield.
The Bakersfield Police Department said on March 25, at around 9:47 p.m., officers were called to a report of an assault in the 7000 block of College Avenue.
When officers arrived, they found Rojo with severe injuries. She was taken to Kern Medical, where she later died.
The coroner’s report said she was stabbed.
BPD investigating homicide on College Avenue (KBAK/KBFX)
Police identified the suspect as 33-year-old Victor Farias. Farias’ vehicle was found abandoned two hours after the stabbing in the area of Highway 58 and Tucker Road, near Tehachapi, after an apparent hit-and-run crash.
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A manhunt is underway for 33-year-old Victor Farias, who is accused of assaulting and killing a woman on College Avenue late Wednesday night. PHOTO: BPD, KBAK/KBFX
Farias was arrested the following day by Tehachapi Police.
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